Ice skate guard



New. 4, 1941. C AV C K 2,261,266

ICE SKATE GUARD Filed Nov. 2, 1959 ,BY 1 v ATTORNEY Patented Nov. 4,1941 ICE SKATE GUARD John F. McGavock, Beloit, Wis., assignor ofonefourth to Bernard F. Mills, Beloit, Wis.

Application November 2, 1939, Serial No. 302,509

2 Claims.

The present invention relates to guards adapted to be secured to theblades of ice skates for walking on floors, pavement, pathways and thelike.

An object of the present invention is to provide means whereby theskater may conveniently remove the guards when on the ice andconveniently replace them when needed for walking.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a novelattachment for ice skates which may be secured to blades of variousshapes and lengths.

I A still further object of the present invention is to provide rubberpads for the guards whereby the skater may walk on polishedfloors andthe like without marring the surface and on ice or icy walks withoutdanger of falling.

An object of the present invention is to provide a skate guard which,when once secured to the skate will not become accidentally loosened.

A still further object of the present invention is to provide meanswhereby the skater may walk any place with the guards attached withoutdanger of dulling the blades and whereby the skaters ankles will berested while standing or walking on the guards.

To these and other useful ends my invention consists of parts,combinations of parts, or their equivalents, as hereinafter set forthand claimed and shown in the accompanying drawing in 30 which:

Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of a conventional shoe skate havingattached thereto my improved guard.

Fig. 2 is a rear end view of the device illus- 35 trated in Figure 1.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Figure 4.

Fig. 4 is a top view of the guard as it appears when removed from thskate but in the position 40 in Figure 1 is designated in its entiretyby ref- 50 erence character A. The blade part of the skate illustratedin this figure is of the tubular type and is designated in its entiretyby reference character B. The skate guard in its entirety is designatedby reference characters C and D.

The tubular part In of member B is secured to the shoe by means of postsI I and I2. The blade I3 may be of any design. In the drawing Iillustrate a post M as an integral part of member I3 and making a directconnection to the shoe plate.

Member ID is tapered at its ends as at I5 and I6. Member C is providedwith a base I! having a slot I8 and two vertical projections I9 and 20.

at its front end. These projections are positioned so as to form a space2| between their upper ends. Members I9 and 20 are cut-away so as toform a circular opening 22 which intersects space 2 I. A space 23extends from opening 22 to within a short distance of base IT asindicated by dotted lines in Figure 1.

Thus it will be seen that the front end of the skate blade may beinserted between projections I9 and 20 and pushed forward to a pointwhere member ID will be tightly embraced by opening 22.

Member D comprises preferably plate 25 having a flange 26 which looselycontacts the edge of member I1 (see Figure 4) and a projection 21 havinga carriage bolt 28, the head being slightly countersunk into member 21as illustrated. The shank of the bolt is squar so as to prevent it fromturning.

A nut 30 is provided having preferably a single wing 3I as illustratedin Figures 1 and 3. It is intended that this wing shall swing under theshoe when the guard is locked to the blade. The bolt may be turned onequarter turn to adjust the parts for wear and insure proper tautness ofthe parts when wing 3| is in the desired position.

Plate 25 is provided with a post having an opening 36 for the receptionof the rear end of member Ill. Slits 31 and 38 are provided for thereception of the skate blade. Thus when members C and D are placed intoposition and pressed together over the ends of member II] until thetapered ends are tightly embraced, nut 30 may be turned by pressure onwing 3| whereby the guard will be firmly held into position. Slot [8 isadapted to looselyembrace bolt 28 and is made long enough to accommodateskates of various lengths.

It will be seen that by a half turn of nut 30, the guard may be easilyremoved and replaced on the blade and that after it is removed, it maybe moved to its shortest position and be easily carried in the pocket orin a leather bag provided for the purpose.

I'provide lugs 40 and 4| on the lower outer ends of members C and D asillustrated having a recess into which rubber pads 42-42 are suitablysecured. These pads protrude far enough to provide suitable surfaces forcontact with whatever surface the skater is walking over. Clearly thesepads provide a slip proof surface which is very necessary in devices ofthe kind and a surface which will not mar polished floors and the like.By scrutinizing Figures 1 and 5 it will be noted that the bottom of theskate blade may rest on plate I! and projection 41.

For racing or figure blades as illustrated in Figure 5, post 35 cannotbe moved over the end of the blade as in the design shown in Figures 1and 4. Therefore I provide posts 43 having a slot 44 (see Figure 6)having an overhanging lip 45 for the reception of the blade at an acuteangle. Thus member E may be moved into position on the blade at an angleand then turned parallel to the blade after which member F may be movedback over the front end of the blade as illustrated. It will be notedthat post 46 is slotted fo the reception of the front end of the blade.In this design the slot is closed at its top as indicated by dotted linethus to engage the top of the blade.

Clearly one of the objects of the present invention is to provide aguard which may be attached to blades of various lengths and shapeshaving means whereby when once attached, it cannot be accidentallyloosened.

It will be seen by scrutinizing the various figures that the guard maybe attached to the blade without separating members C and D or E and F.

Clearly my improved guard may be made to accommodate other designs ofblades than illustrated and various minor detail changes may be made inthe guards without departing from the spirit and scope of my inventionas recited in the appended claims.

Having thus shown and described my invention, I claim:

1. A skate guard of the class described, comprising front and rearmembers adapted to be slidably and detachably secured together and tothe blade of the skate, said forward part having a downwardly extendingtransversely elongated pad having a pocket on its under side, anelongated rubber block secured in said pocket, said rear member having adownwardly extending transversely elongated pad having a pocket on itsunder side and having secured therein an elongated rubber block, saidblocks protruding through their pads to thereby act as a sole and heelfor said guard.

2. A skate guard of the class described, comprising front and rearmembers having openings adapted to embrace the blade, one or both saidopenings having an entrance slot positioned at an acute angle, one edgeoverhanging the opening, whereby the blade may be moved into the openingat an angle and is normally held into the opening by said overhangingedge.

JOHN F. MCGAVOCK.

